'This research offers a glimmer of hope to over 1,000 people from minority ethnic groups who are waiting for a kidney.'
that a team of UK doctors have been able to successfully change the blood type of three donor kidneys from the rarer blood type B to "universal donor" type O. It's a discovery that could save the lives of many patients who need organ donations and, excitingly, maybe even open the door to similar modifications of other organs.
"We know that people from minority ethnic groups can wait much longer for a transplant as they are less likely to be a blood-type match with the organs available," Dr. Aisling McMahon, an executive at Kidney Research UK, the study's funding organization, said in the release. "This research offers a glimmer of hope to over 1,000 people from minority ethnic groups who are waiting for a kidney.
To make the switch, the scientists employed a device called a normothermic perfusion machine. These are gadgets used to flush a kidney with oxygenated blood, which helps to preserve the organ while, hopefully, it's connected with a patient who needs it.
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